September 3 - Dublin

After sleeping 11 hours, we enjoyed our first full Irish breakfast - beans, pudding, sausage links, Irish bacon, hash browns, eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee and cereal. Met Ryan and Christine Ferguson from Calgary Canada who were just beginning their 6 month journey around the world.  They quit their jobs (engineer and pharmacist) sold their home, and took off!

Ryan, PJ (our chef) and Christine

Bernadette dropped off Ryan and Christine to a bus tour and then drove Jim and me to the the National Library of Ireland.  While I searched the microfilms for parish records (for 4 hours!) Jim visited museums (history, archaeology and art). 


We found a terrific take-out lunch spot  at KC Peaches where Jim ordered a salad and I had an awesome sandwich which tasted like a caprese salad.  We ate on a bench in St. Stephens Green Park. 

St. Patrick's Cathedral

After a quick look through of the Marsh Library, we toured St Patrick's Cathedral, the largest Romanesque cathedral in Ireland where Jonathan Swift is buried.  

After standing in 3 different bus stops, we finally found the one that took us back to our B&B. Had a small tapas dinner at John Kavanagh's Grave Digger's Pub (has been in the same family for 7 generations). They are reported to have the best tasting Guiness in the world -  Jim agreed!